The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes

Dynarski, Susan; Hemelt, Steven W.; Hyman, Joshua

doi:10.3386/w19552

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“…For each student who matches to the NSC's database (by name and birth date), a complete history of postsecondary enrollment experience is returned (Dynarski, Hemelt, & Hyman, 2013).…”

Section: Data and Analytic Samplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

School Entry, Compulsory Schooling, and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Michigan

Hemelt

Rosen

2016

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &Amp; Policy

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Extant research on school entry and compulsory schooling laws finds that these policies increase the high school graduation rate of relatively younger students, but weaken their academic performance in early grades. In this paper, we explore the evolution of postsecondary impacts of the interaction of school entry and compulsory schooling laws in Michigan. We employ a regression-discontinuity (RD) design using longitudinal administrative data to examine effects on high school performance, college enrollment, choice, and persistence. On average, we find that children eligible to start school at a relatively younger age are more likely to complete high school, but underperform while enrolled, compared to their counterparts eligible to start school at a relatively older age. In turn, these students are 2 percentage points more likely to first attend a two-year college, and enroll in fewer postsecondary semesters, relative to their older counterparts. We explore heterogeneity in these effects across subgroups of students defined by gender and poverty status. For example, we illustrate that the increase in the high school graduation rate of relatively younger students attributable to the combination of school entry and compulsory schooling laws is driven entirely by impacts on economically disadvantaged students. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I EJEL Classification: I20, I21, I28

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“…For each student who matches to the NSC's database (by name and birth date), a complete history of postsecondary enrollment experience is returned (Dynarski, Hemelt, & Hyman, 2013).…”

Section: Data and Analytic Samplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

School Entry, Compulsory Schooling, and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Michigan

Hemelt

Rosen

2016

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &Amp; Policy

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“…In the years studied here, the NSC captured somewhere between 90% and 95% of all Georgia students enrolled in Title IV institutions, according to Dynarski, Hemelt, and Hyman (2015).…”

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Access to 4-Year Public Colleges and Degree Completion

Goodman

Hurwitz

Smith

2017

Journal of Labor Economics

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Does access to 4-year colleges affect degree completion for students who would otherwise attend 2-year colleges? Admission to Georgia's 4-year public sector requires minimum SAT scores. Regression discontinuity estimates show that access to this sector increases 4-year college enrollment and college quality, largely by diverting students from 2-year colleges. Access substantially increases bachelor's degree completion rates for these relatively low-skilled students. SATretaking behavior suggests students value access to 4-year public colleges, though perhaps less than they should. Our results imply that absolute college quality matters more than match quality, and they suggest potential unintended consequences of free community college proposals.

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“…Postsecondary enrollment and degree receipt information was obtained by matching students to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), a nonprofit organization that houses such information on over 90 percent of undergraduate students nationwide (Dynarski, Hemelt, and Hyman 2015).…”

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Does Money Matter in the Long Run? Effects of School Spending on Educational Attainment

Hyman¹

2017

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

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G overnment spending on primary and secondary education accounts for 4.3 percent of US GDP (National Center for Education Statistics 2013). Despite this large government investment, it remains unknown whether education spending improves students' long-run outcomes. One difficulty in answering this question is the lack of plausibly exogenous variation in spending. A second challenge is the necessity of high quality administrative data with which to track students over time, and especially past high school graduation.An extensive literature has solved the first challenge by exploiting plausibly exogenous changes in education spending due to school finance reform. Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, dozens of states reformed education financing with the goal of reducing inequalities in education by equalizing spending across school districts. These reforms generally succeeded in (at least partially) equalizing spending between poor and rich school districts (Downes 1992; Murray,

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The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes

Cited by 89 publications

References 9 publications

School Entry, Compulsory Schooling, and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Michigan

School Entry, Compulsory Schooling, and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Michigan

Access to 4-Year Public Colleges and Degree Completion

Does Money Matter in the Long Run? Effects of School Spending on Educational Attainment

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